Your read that right. For $299 you get an email device and wireless email and texting for life. You can find this on the Peek device (one of my tech toys for Christmas). Did I tell you it includes the device itself -which is normally $99.
Here is the link and supposedly it is a one day only sale.
https://www.getpeek.com/Peek/purchase.htm
Some points to consider - this is not an Exchange server type model. It works with most public email systems like - yahoo, hotmail, gmail and some ISPs like att.net. Texting has fairly broad support.
With all the recent news about teens doing thousands of text messages per month, some parents may have discovered the perfect gift for the modern chatty-teen.
More importantly, I hope this is the beginning of a trend in fixed price wireless data bundles.
I hope many people can take advantage of this offer. Not sure if they will offer it again., These tend to be limited trials to test the volume/pricing models to understand usage patterns of consumers. They either disappear - or go mainstream if they think they can make a profit.
Pricing on text messaging in the US has gone UP from .10 to .15 to .20 per message with no real explanation from the carriers. Word is that this has raised a few eyebrows in Washington - and may cause some investigation. The cost of doing text messaging for the carriers is fairly cheap and puts little stress on their systems. When compared to voice calls - text messages are a low cost-high profit item.
I just realized I had a discount code from the Electronics show last week.
Enter this promo code and you get $10 off...
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with shipping and this discount the total cost is actually under $299.